but the point is there were a and based on the line, it must >> i spent my youth pretty much for. i miss having certain beverages somethry >> very afraid. doing this, hanging out in the lot of issues and differing >> you can't have this in the parking lot. so they scared the king away agendas leading to the explosion with my buddies and burritos and be doing it right. my brother was in france for two restaurant. ♪ i took a walk through this of rage known as the iranian not everyone in iran is certain types of establishments. i've had biryani in india. years out of eight. let's assume the worst, let's forever, and then things started i had it in uzbekistan but and it was not only my brother. assume that you cannot see any beautiful world ♪ hostage crisis. but i love it. there's no question who invented way to reconcile what you think of iran with your own personal delighted with what their it. beliefs. anthony bourdain parts to get really messed up. i love it and i hate it. >> no. many young people like him. you just generally don't approve. ♪ felt the cool rain on my country has become since the revolution. unknown starts right now. i am so confused. look, we know what iran, the you know, but it's home. >> biryani. eight years of war with a >> yeah. it wasn't supposed to be like government, does. it's very expensive. so you have to -- persian >> i think those are exactly the sort of places you should go. this. >> okay. but even insinuating discontent it's become home. country that is supported by cuisine has to be experienced in somebody's home. maybe you know the word. >> thank you. >> totally. >> see who we're talking about of all the places, of all the george w. bush famously called can have consequences. and where we're talking about shoulder ♪ them part of the axis of evil. >> are you optimistic about the future? though this doesn't look like many big powers. >> so this one here is called -- countries, all the years of protesters, dissidents, >> and it is worth mentioning >> slow cooked lamb in yogurt. >> yeah, especially if this here. >> i think it's almost their proxies in iraq have done journalists have been simply nuclear deal finally happens. any biryani i ever had. whatever you think, wherever we >> yogurt, saffron and egg un-american not to go to those are now, that saddam supported american soldiers real harm. by the u.s. government and with places, you know? total strangers. news. ♪ found something good in this there is no doubt of this. disappeared into the maw of the minced lamb shoulder, onion, beautiful world ♪ yeah, very much, actually. yolks. if you have high blood pressure many cold medicines our full knowledge used sarin >> i don't know that i can put may raise your blood pressure. >> a prominent art gallery owner but i hope i can be forgiven for national security system. that's why there's coricidin® hbp. tumeric, cinnamon, mint, and of and mustard gas on hundreds of it in any kind of perspective. huh? >> despite the hopeful nature of course, saffron, more valuable ♪ thousand of iranians. ♪ i felt the rain getting our conversation, six weeks than gold by weight. insisted i come over for lunch but this, this i wasn't prepared finding these undeniable truths what? it relieves cold symptoms i feel deeply conflicted, deeply hard to reconcile with how we after the filming of this without raising blood pressure. less known in america, known and confusing, exhilarating, are treated on the streets >> it's some military police. with her friends and family. everywhere we go. don't shoot, please. episode, jason and yeganeh were so look for powerful cold medicine with a heart. felt by everyone in iran. heartbreaking, beautiful place. colder ♪ so forget about the politics if mysteriously arrested and >> here we have sour cherry >> yeah, exactly. you can, for a moment. coricidin® hbp. this is delicious. ♪ ♪ >> and it was a mistake of the let us cross. rice. detained by the police. sadly in iran, this sort of united states at that time. ♪ sha, la, la, la, la how about the food? thing is not an isolated incident. >> very good. they made a bad memory for the meatballs of chicken. ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la iranians. ♪ sha, la, la, la, la the food here is amazing. >> sour cherries. ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, la >> isfahan today, is it one of more than any other nation, we this is claira. chelo kabob, as close as you can really, really nice here. get to a national dish. like sour cherries. >> yeah, everybody know if you go to tehran, you don't visit isfahan, you are wasting your >> because people here don't >> the cook has been with the and the king of kebabs. hate americans. family for generations. >> we are in the northern-most you had a coup. rice mixed with yogurt and spit of land in tehran. time. ♪ and then a revolution saffron baked into a crispy ground lamb with spices, a good up here the land of tehran, the everything. and then we captured your dough. >> hey, american cars are crazy. road stops and it gets really don't think of rice as a side place to start. so what do you guys do for a steep. embassy. >> american cars are crazy and living? 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they're fun. >> i export nuts. dish around here. >> yeah. >> i am a curator of >> the royal mosques, naghsh-e we didn't have a real fight. it can be the main event. contemporary art. jahan, the second largest square >> okay. >> which is an exploding scene here. and have a kabob and just kind so it can be political very, very good. >> you put far more on the table of unwind. misunderstanding which is resolved, which will be resolved than anyone can conceivably eat. is that -- maybe i hope. >> yes, if you don't like your ♪ guest, you don't put anything. >> all i can tell you is the >> three different culture, >> and here we have a large very abyssian culture, iranian and to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her in the world behind tiananmen in iran i've seen on tv and read ♪ islamic culture. big meatball. she's agreed to give it up. >> it has changed a lot during china. at dusk families come to the >> kufta tarisi. about in the papers, it's a much that's today? square to cool off, picnic, and f owning a property bigger picture. the last decade. as print journalists, our job is we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. ground beef, onion, and cooked let's put it this way. have, yes, it looks like even a is that you can create wealth through capital appreciation, difficult, but it's also kind of after the deliveries, i was ok. rice. so this is the actual marrying. easy because there is so much to now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. little bit of fun. and this has been denied to many south africans for generations. walnuts, dried apricots, boiled i would recommend you to try egg and barberries. more pills? seriously? >> anyway, we are a very this one and this one and this write about. one. seriously. this is an opportunity to right that wrong. interesting nation. >> okay. announget up to 48 months interest-free financing it's complicated. >> why not? >> and very, very confusing. you know, the difficult part is all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. on tempur-pedic, >> extremely confusing. save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, >> the contradictions are convincing people on the other side of the world that what we're telling you we are seeing can i get my aleve back? the idea was to bring capital into the affordable housing space in south africa, just -- in front of our eyes is actually or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. >> enormous. there. when you walk down the street for my pain, i want my aleve. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. >> enormous. you see a different side of check your sunday paper for extra savings on aleve. with a fund that offers families of modest income safe and good accommodation. >> thank you. things. good to be here finally. >> chelo kabob wouldn't be people are proud. complete without persian rice. the culture is vibrant. people have a lot to say. recently signed a 30-year mmortgage on this home.n citi got involved very early on and showed an enormous commitment. >> iranians, we take you into it's taken some time. >> jason rezaian is "the >> after ten weeks, yeghani was washington post" correspondent for iran. like a lot of time. fluffy, long grained, perfectly seasoned with saffron, the rice they must be confident about the future. finally released. like four years i've been yeganeh his wife and a fellow and that gave other investors confidence. our house and take you to our trying. journalist works for the but as i read these lines, jason finally. in this country is like nothing citi's really unique, tehran. uae-based newspaper "the are you? hearts. city of nearly 8 million people. you've ever had. buy in. because they bring deep understanding of what's happening in africa. national." quickenloans/home buy. refi. power. in that way we are extreme. remains a prisoner. capital of iran. >> tony, first you should take i really believe we only live once, we are extremists in so many his future, the reasons for it feels like there are ways. neighborhoods of rome that's ♪ and so you need to take an idea that you have and go for it. their arrest, are still unknown. >> you see this tortured jason is iranian-american. relationship between america and the butter and put it on your built like these. yeganeh is a full iranian citizen. iran for many years. >> one, two, three. rice. this is their city, tehran. after all this time i finally bon appétit. >> bon appétit.

"i've been part of the creation of over 27,000 units of housing," how do you think most americans >> it's good. will react when they see this? had my chance to see a country the official attitude toward fun >> they will start coming. >> yes. >> it is very important for us >> thank you, guys. in general seems to be an as iranians, to get true, to >> thank you. >> thank you, too. i'd heard so much about. >> it's really good, yeah. ever-shifting -- how -- is fun and then santa's workers zapped it, right to our house. and to replicate this across the entire african continent. make sure that we are seen as >> thank you, too. humans here and not the so-called enemy or the darkness the weather is nice. i don't know what i was even a good idea? of iran. like you go to anybody's house and that's how they got it here. in iran, and i am sure they will >> a lot of push and pull. so, santa has a transporter? welcome you. expecting, but it's nice. >> the axis of evil. a big blank spot on nearly every a lot of give and take. for the big stuff... and it's a teleporter. times have changed. we are not the axis of evil. traveler's resume. pre-1979 tehran was party just normal evil like everybody merci. when i first started coming here [cat meows] arrived in iran. you wouldn't hear pop music in a central. ♪meow, meow, meow, meow... it's more than just a meal, i tabut with my back paines, else. delicious. restaurant or -- cool. but with iran's 1979 revolution, it's meow mix mealtime. i couldn't sleep and get up in time. the magic of the season is here, then i found aleve pm. >> ten years ago iran was -- >> it's everywhere now. with great taste and 100% complete nutrition, people, they had hope for at the lexus december to remember sales event. 2,500 years of monarchy was aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus future. >> now it is everywhere. over. young people, they wanted to a window had opened. this is the pursuit of perfection. it's the only one cats ask for by name. the supreme leader ayatollah the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. travel. >> we have police, they arrest they had a little bit of money there had been a slight girls or women for having the khomeini's word became more or i'm back. hijab or not being covered two words: it heals.e different? aleve pm for a better am. but because of sanction, this >> once upon a time there was an loosening of restrictions since enough. less law. how? sanction really squeeze the election of president hassan with heat. unlike creams and rubs that mask the pain, rouhani, and there was optimism everybody. thermacare has patented heat cells that penetrate deep for a deal that could lead to an it is not that we live with the eight years, no foreign ancient kingdom where they found today hundreds of thousands of to increase circulation and accelerate healing. easing of crippling economic iranians are bused to his investment here. a lot of magical black stuff sanctions imposed because of enormous shrine from all over the country. let's review: iran's continued nuclear program. police in our head, you know. heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermacare. and so it was very difficult >> one of the first things that the proof that it heals is you. time. under the ground. trade restrictions that have people will say when you say, i'm going to iran. but two other kingdoms had the been very, very difficult for yeah, but don't they make women key to the magical black stuff, do this, this, this, this. everyone. >> yeah. and when they wouldn't share, >> actually not so much, not as the national holiday, khomeini the people of the ancient but there's a push happening and then the population is kingdom got mad. between opposing factions in the died on this day in 1989, his they voted, and their leader government. funeral attended by over 10 really young. much as our friends. million iranians. said the magical black stuff is compare and contrast, women aren't allowed to drive in saudi 70% are under 35. ours to keep. on one hand iranians are the arabia. but the other kingdoms were descendants of ancient persia, >> that's right. or vote. the empire of poetry, flowers, >> or vote. afraid of losing all of the you can drive. and the thing is, they deserve the highly influential culture magical black stuff so they gave that goes back thousands of years. you can vote. >> yeah, of course. of course. ahead this hour, terrorism but the ruling clerical and [ speaking foreign language ]. much more than what they have fears on heightened security.

money to some bad men to get rid military class are at best >> can you run a business? now. ambivalent, at worst actively >> of course. my sister is an accountant. they want to have good jobs. hostile to much of that of the leader. tradition. she has her own company. severe religious-based donald trump. compliments they put bac restrictions of speech, dress, they want to make, you know, girls are allowed to do almost everything, except if you want when i booked this trip, my friends said i was crazy. vladimir putin. too. to go and watch football. >> can't watch football? have families. >> we cannot. >> america and all of the world, why would i stay in someone else's house? but it's not possible now for >> and fans crowd movie theatres to some he was a good king, but them. behavior were ushered in by the >> i hope we can have more faith in the ordinary americans, rise of the ayatollah during the for the premier of star wars. to others he could be very 1979 islamic revolution. >> women's issues are often at because every little change in the policy of the western cruel. for friendship. [ speaking foreign language ]. but this morning, a city i've never been to country, it really, really ♪ the spear point of change or affects our lives here. >> we would like to welcome our ♪ >> so how does one have fun in possible change here. felt like one i already knew. viewers all around the world. after many years the people of on one hand, prevailing conservative attitudes demand >> the milad tower, iran's tallest building and a symbol of certain things. national pride. "newsroom l.a." starts right iranian history. iran these days? now. on the other hand, iranian women it rises 1,000 feet in the air are famously assertive, i just wanted to thank you and looks out the all tehran and opinionated. for sharing your world with me. beyond. this is a line that is constant. it's a striking difference from almost everywhere else in the it felt like home. region. so why are we so friendly with the saudis again? we were out on the observation >> thanks. >> don't want to miss the bus. airbnb. belong anywhere. >> it's a good question. deck, trying to make some sense alcohol is, of course, of it all. south of tehran, the landscape our time in iran was coming to forbidden. opens up. that's a really good question. >> i'm happy that you asked that an end. question. >> do you like it? and it's impossible to see if are you happy here? nearly 300 miles of iranian ty there was a window opening or you can get away with listening >> look, i am at a point now highway stretching to the city now i can download my dvr recordings of isfahan. was there only a moment in time before it's shut again? isfahan is iran's third largest (whispers) now hide-and-seek time

city. can also be catch-up-on-my-shows time. to rock or rap, sort of, here i come! half the world as the saying what is okay to film in iran and what is not? can't find you anywhere! you learn pretty quickly that in went back when this was the don't settle for u-verse. iran, there is plenty of gray capital of persia and beyond. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. area, an undefined territory. sometimes. the city is renowned for its where is the line? what's okay for the friendly, to us at least, ministry of guidance might not be okay at all for the basij, essentially architecture, the grandest it seems to change with barely a but you cannot yourself rock or bridges and mosques dating back roving, young religious moment's notice. to the middle ages. okay. here it comes. be seen to visibly rock. militias. >> where are you from? >> the usa, from america. >> this is the first time that where are you from? we have experienced such things. despite all permits and from, isfahan or from tehran? >> tehran. paperwork being in order, we are so far, iran does not look, ♪ >> nice to meet you. detained for several hours. >> nice to meet you, too. does not feel the way i had i miss burritos. expected. >> stay away from the glass. >> yes, hello. neither east nor west, but >> welcome. >> please follow me. always somewhere in the middle.. >> thank you. ♪ this sort of harassment is a >> please, stop filming. daily part of life for iranians. >> just turn it off right now. >> bye-bye. bye-bye. >> i'm so glad to be here. thank you. hello. hi. watching tvs get sharper, you've had it tough. good to meet you. people have been ridiculously

thank you so much. very beautiful. bigger, smugger. nice to us. aren't you guys supposed to be i'm guessing from the decor, and you? rubbery buttons. the axis of evil? >> you are absolutely right. we are demonized by the media outside. this is a former wrestler's you show black and white. people are demonstrating and hangout? enter the x1 voice remote. killing and bombing and this and now when someone says... that and you see and this and show me funny movies. that, but you never talk about watch discovery. the real people who are actually record this. voila. remotes, come out from the cushions, living peacefully inside the country. you know? you are back. and eventually in the future of the x1 voice remote is here. the world, we and americans have a very special place in this, you cannot play a game without considering iran as a friend. >> one of his passions is ancient persia, culinary music: "another sunny day" by belle and sebastian history, and he is writing a digestive core.r ♪ book on the subject. so choose ultimate flora by renewlife. how do you pronounce the years. it has 30 billion probiotic cultures. specialty here? feel lighter and more energized. dizi? >> dizi, it's the name of the ♪ pot. ultimate flora. >> it's like earthenware. more power to your gut. >> this is one of the dishes of humankind. ♪ it goes back to mesopotamia such a shame it's labeled a "getaway." 6,000 years ago. life should always feel like this. hampton. we go together. >> potato, chick peas, water, always get the lowest price, lamb cooked together. only when you book direct at hampton.com add a little fat.

mash it up with potatoes and chickpeas. if you have high blood pressure many cold medicines that's good. may raise your blood pressure. what do iranians want to eat today? >> morning prayer in isfahan. that's why there's coricidin® hbp. it relieves cold symptoms it is a home cooking culture. without raising blood pressure. i mean -- >> yes. so look for powerful we didn't have the culture of cold medicine with a heart. eating out. this is a culture of sacred coricidin® hbp. foods in the house. things which are unheard of. it's not in the book. >> across town the bridge where >> that's really interesting. >> a lot of secrets. >> have you ever tried men gather spontaneously to traditional iranian food? sing. >> it's difficult because everybody says the great food of ♪ iran is cooked in people's homes. >> yes. >> this is a land of secret recipes passed down within families like treasured possessions. beautiful spread of food. ♪ >> she's my wife. i am a really lucky man. she is very good cook.

>> bejan, like so many iranians i have met, has been kind enough to invite me to his home. >> is this okay, this impromptu tso i don't waste time trying, to get the grease off. >> this is milk and chicken soup. giving oneself over to the i count on the craftsman brand and their mach series tools, >> it looks really good. to help me get the job done quickly. creative urge to stand and sing this mach series 53 piece set keeps me moving. >> my mom said that iranian fast drive technology; out to no one in particular. people loves guests. an extendible, reversible helix shaft and they will never get tired if maybe, but not okay apparently to film. delivers continuous rotation the guest likes their food. gotta go. at 1.5 rotations per stroke... >> mm-mmmm. yep. gotta go. ...so i can roll through bolt after bolt. and get it today for 50% off... a stew of fried chicken, onion, now only $49.99. ground walnuts, pomegranate, and and then, there's the mach series 3/8 t-handle driver. tomato paste. and this fruit, some kind of an aluminum free spinning collar can adjust quickly fruit? >> yes, there's the dried apricot inside as well. to help me drive in any screw. >> delicious. so good. you got a really stubborn one? use the strong square drive to break it loose. the road back to tehran. >> needed 24 hours time. good luck trying that with an ordinary screwdriver. along the way, reminders of just >> these are very sophisticated, very time-consuming dishes to how far back this culture goes. and good luck finding a better deal on the t-handle drive; prepare. get it now for 50% off at just $24.99. the ruins of ancient caravans, always from scratch and always highway rest stops from when in excess of what you could and craftsman hand tools are protected by a lifetime full warranty. armies, merchants, traders possibly need. this holiday season traveling by camel, by foot all put craftsman tools at the top of your wish list. you tend to kill your guests with kindness around here. >> that dish is from the south of iran.

>> from the persian gulf? passed along these same routes. >> persian gulf. yes. this right here, a stop on what >> this one is from north. >> maybe if i could try some? was once the silk road extending yes. thank you. >> of course. >> that one, we made it with beans, meat. >> it's so good. fantastic food. >> men and boy, both of them working. >> it's hard to do something like this. ♪ that's what i'm waiting for. that's the crispy rice at the bottom. what is it called? tariq? >> tariq. exactly. >> lovely. merci. all the way to china. >> my mom and my mother-in-law, ♪ in this part of the world, they think if they have a guest, they have to have at least two last day in iran. or three kind of foods. whatever your background, bread if they make just one, they think it is not very polite for a guest. is a vital, essential, . night falls and the kids, like now they set the example for my generation. rides and head for somewhere that i have a guest i will just

make one food, one appetizer, one dessert. and mornings in tehran countless they can hang out. >> you know why? do you know why? bakeries like this one turn out as much as they can. amazing how many american classics here. >> because it's much easier. oh, man. where do you get them? >> old men, old people. it smells good in here. >> you have to stand in line. >> old guys, right. and then fix them up? >> no problem. standing on line is a daily part >> yeah. of life for many iranians. they bake these on small stones. >> mustang. not afraid to fail. e gives it the textures. >> that's why it's called camero. some of these experiments may not work. tahdig. stone, pebble. >> camero. but a few might shape the future. >> in years since the '79 >> firebird? revolution, iranians have >> pontiac. like turning algae into biofuel... >> that's the perfect l.a. car right there. endured wars, food sanctions is this a car club or people ...new technology for capturing co2 emissions... just come? that have caused the economy to ...and cars twice as efficient sputter. as the average car today. >> so i am going to make you a >> hang out this way. it's our friends. small table. ideas exxonmobil scientists are working on >> what if i called out for a >> right. >> he is kind enough to take me little delivery? to make energy go further... one last thing everyone's been ...no matter how many tries it takes. for breakfast. telling me i have to try, >> it is made from bulgur wheat? >> yes. energy lives here. you know what is inside the except wheat? iranian take-out pizza. it is meat. it is turkey. it comes with ketchup. this is a mixture of sugar and >> what do you think of iranian cinnamon. pizza? >> that's good. >> not bad. >> you like? >> yeah, and this bread is >> not bad. amazing. you were how old when the war with iraq started? >> we don't put ketchup on pizza

>> i was exactly 7. though. >> iraq attacked and it was a surprise attack. iran's eight-year-long war with saddam hussein's iraq is deeply, deeply felt. hundreds of thousands of iranians, f were you afraid?